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Daily Debriefing
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Josh Koenig
| January 27, 2013
Bucknell University President John Bravman notified students and faculty on Saturday that the university had reported false SAT and ACT averages from 2006 to 2012, according to Inside Higher Ed.
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Applicant numbers see largest decline among Ivies
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Amelia Rosch
| January 27, 2013
While the College saw a 3 percent decline in applications for the Class of 2017 the only Ivy League institution to see a significant drop this year the decrease is not expected to have long-term effects on admissions numbers, according to Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris. Columbia University saw a 5 percent increase in applications this year, Brown University had a 1 percent increase, Yale University saw a 4 percent increase and University of Pennsylvania had one more application than it did last year.
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DOC Trips Directorate announced for next Fall
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Axel Hufford
| January 27, 2013
Decked out in flair and dancing the Salty Dog Rag, the 2013 Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips directorate will concentrate on building a community of conscientious and empowered students while welcoming the Class of 2017. The directorate, announced on Friday, will be led by director Chris O'Connell '13 and assistant director Anneliesse Duncan '13. O'Connell plans to harness the momentum of past trips directorates to create a more thoughtful and inclusive environment for the incoming class. "Trips is 77 years old, and every year there are a lot of things that remain the same and much that changes and evolves," he said.
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OPAL hosts forum on bias
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Jessica Avitabile
| January 27, 2013
\n Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff \nStudents, administrators and faculty gathered in Kemeny Hall on Friday afternoon to reflect on the nature of social interactions, intolerance and bigotry at the College. The event was organized in response to several recent instances of discrimination, including racist graffiti in the Choates residential cluster on Jan.
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Students organize to push college to divest
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Min Kyung Jeon
| January 24, 2013
Following the lead of students at over 200 other universities, including Columbia University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth students are mobilizing to encourage the College to divest from companies that contribute to global warming. Many of these campaigns are partnered with the Fossil Free initiative, which is organized by the international environmental organization 350.org. "We're at Dartmouth because we want to get the best education possible so that we have the best future possible," said Leehi Yona '16, an organizer of the Dartmouth offshoot of Fossil Free.
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Second bias incident reported
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Michelle Deloison-Baum
| January 24, 2013
Josephine Coury / The Dartmouth Staff Two students were targeted and verbally harassed in the Class of 1953 Commons on Wednesday, according to a campus email from Interim President Carol Folt and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson. This incident marks the second bias incident reported this week, following racist graffiti scrawled in the Choates residential hall cluster on Saturday. The incident occurred during lunchtime in '53 Commons, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College. "Two students reported that another student walked by them, made eye contact and verbally harassed them by speaking gibberish that was perceived to be mock Chinese," he said. The students went to the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, where they were encouraged to report the incident through Maxient, an online program, Anderson said. Upon receiving the information, Safety and Security immediately contacted the students and launched an investigation to identify the perpetrator. Efforts to respond to bias incidents on campus are conducted through the Bias Incident Response Team, according to OPAL director Alysson Satterlund.
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Panel addresses health services in Upper Valley
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Ashley See
| January 24, 2013
Yomalis Rosario / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Geisel School of Medicine continued its celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Daily Debriefing
January 24, 2013
Leading higher education associations are outlining potential reforms to increase graduation rates, according to The New York Times.
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Computing Services boost security
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Laura Weiss
| January 24, 2013
Cirrus Foroughi Computing Services is implementing a series of measures to improve the security of College networks, according to the chief information security officer Steve Nyman.
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Simon predicts bleak era for Israeli politics
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Kyooeun Jang
| January 23, 2013
While Israel's legislative election occurred over 5,000 miles away on Tuesday, former presidential advisor on Middle Eastern and North African affairs Steve Simon brought the election and its implications to Hanover.
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Profs develop leaflets on drugs' effectiveness
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Marissa Lilly
| January 23, 2013
Jin Lee Patients do not receive the information they need to make educated choices about prescription drugs, according to Geisel School of Medicine professors Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz.
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Dagle discusses future of smart grid
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Marina Shkuratov
| January 23, 2013
Zonia Moore Jeff Dagle of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discussed the future of smart grid technology and the importance of infrastructure resilience at a lecture on Wednesday.
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Alum to publish Costa Rica guide
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Brian Chalif
| January 23, 2013
While many dream of traveling the world, James Kaiser '99 turned his fantasy into reality. Unlike most conventional paths, Kaiser's profession brought him to Costa Rica, where he encountered thousands of dolphins, visited mass turtle nesting sites and experienced indigenous reenactments of the Spanish invasion of Latin America.
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Daily Debriefing
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Jessica Avitable
| January 23, 2013
Twelve educators, many of them well-known in the online education field, convened in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Tuck students establish campus espresso shop
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Ester Cross
| January 22, 2013
Within a few weeks of arriving at Tuck School of Business, Matthew Grady Tu'13 was surprised to learn that the closest place to buy espresso was 15 minutes away in downtown Hanover.
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NH House considers Good Sam proposal
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Min Kyung Jeon
| January 22, 2013
Dartmouth slang may soon become New Hampshire slang if a bill proposed by former State Rep. Jennifer Coffey, R-Andover, becomes law. The New Hampshire House of Representatives is debating whether to implement a Good Samaritan law that would grant civil and criminal immunity to those who call 911 for drug or alcohol-related emergencies, according to bill supporter State Rep.
